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Re: OK... so cycle returned or not? WTHeck is going on?

Are you taking any form or hormonal contraception? Trying to conceive? The reason I ask is that breakthrough bleeding/spotting is really common with hormonal contraception and implantation spotting often occurs with pregnancy. Some women will experience a little spotting around the time they ovulate, so that's an additional possibility.

Since you've had your cycle back for such a short time, I wouldn't draw any conclusions from what you're experiencing. It's very typical for your first few postpartum cycles to be weird- longer, shorter, heavier, or lighter than your prepregnancy norm. Give things a few months to settle down before you call the doc- unless, of course, the bleeding continues for significantly more than a week or is accompanied by other worrisome symptoms.

Re: OK... so cycle returned or not? WTHeck is going on?

Not taking contraceptives nor trying o conceive. My Dr prescribed some contraceptives but I never start taking them. I had bad side effects with the contraceptives I took before so we decided to do a natural method for not getting pregnant.

Now that I think about it I should have taken the contraceptives... Since my cycle probably won't be normal for a while and we really don't want to get pregnant right now...

I never spotted when ovulating before. So... I guess I should take a pregnancy test sometime in the next couple of weeks. Is it possible to get pregnant on the first cycle post partum??

Re: OK... so cycle returned or not? WTHeck is going on?

Yes, totally possible. Many women become pregnant without ever having a postpartum period, because it's normal to ovulate and be fertile before you have a period.

I wouldn't choose to take hormonal contraception if I had bad side effects from it. Not when there are plenty of other reliable non-hormonal options! If you're not pregnant and you want to discuss those methods, let us know!!!

Re: OK... so cycle returned or not? WTHeck is going on?

Exact same thing happening here (18 mo pp). I thought I had my period (although it was dark and kind of thick..sorry, TMI), then it vanished after a day, only to return acouple of weeks later heavier and brighter red than "normal". Gone again, then random spotting. I'm assuming my body is just trying to get its groove back